Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 630 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8747) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 116 Parallax 132 106% 127 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 119 Splatting 110 109% 138 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 307 304 309 312 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 433 SusWrite 306 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60 199% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 238GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 121 132 121 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 512 Write 428 Mixed 410 SusWrite 130 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 18.5 113% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 87.4 133% 250 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$52 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 59GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 175 173 176 176 174 MB/s Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.3% Very good	Read 266 Write 254 Mixed 223 SusWrite 172 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 45.9 158% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 197 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 959GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 162 160 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 159 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 394GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 149 150 150 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 148 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 148 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$90 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 146 146 148 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 144 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID ab28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 130 129 127 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 48.4 Write 93.9 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 127 118% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 178% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	657x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	364x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	87x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16